Associations to the word «Cantata»

Wiktionary

CANTATA, noun. (music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.

Dictionary definition

CANTATA, noun. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca